jury duty on The Good Wife

[boxofdelights]

I appreciated that The Good Wife portrayed a person with auditory processing disorder, but I was surprised that it disqualified him from jury duty. When I was called for jury duty, the judge told us that the ADA required him to make reasonable accommodation to allow everyone to serve. The accommodation that juror needed did not look unreasonable: he appeared to function just fine when he could see and hear you talking.

Do the lawyers know which juror is the alternate? I did not know that. The jurors don't get to know, because they're afraid the alternate won't take the duty seriously.


Got to go to bed. I'm doing a.m. treatments at the raptor center tomorrow. Neal's going to pick me up at ten to seven. A.M. In the morning.

Comments

[lilysea]

I've often wondered (as a wheelchair user) what the situation is for wheelchair-using jurors: eg can they get in and out of most courtrooms, can they sit with the rest of the jury, etc etc.

[snippy]

Courthouses are government buildings; I would assume they have to abide by ADA in the US. The few times I've had jury duty there would have been no trouble for a wheelchair user getting to the right floor (all 3 courthouses--in 2 different counties--I've been in had roomy elevators, wide hallways, and accessible doors to the individual courtrooms), but they would not be able to get into the actual jury box (which was raised up a step in every courtroom) unless the courtroom deputies have a portable ramp (which they might, I just didn't see one).